The US President is here and says the US is "here to stay". With Australia creeping closer to becoming the 51st state of the US, which are the parts of American culture we should embrace and what are the bits on your 'no thanks' list?

Australian scientists this week said they were little closer to a cure for Parkinson's Disease - great news - but what are the more common ailments that you'd like medical science to cure before we have to wait too much longer?

Hundreds of schoolkids came to the ABC this week for the Premier's Spelling Bee - a sudden-death competition in which children managed to spell words that appeared longer than the children were tall. From all your years in primary school, what things did you learn, and what facts can you still remember?